Fulham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Goldie.7]

Pretty dull to be honest, The only positive is we didn't lose!

[CJ]

A bit pants especially in the second half - guess who'll be last on MOTD.

Would have settled for a point beforehand and but for Given's saves and Zamora's general uselessness before he went off it could have been a lot worse. Did Schwarzer have a save to make?

[PaulWinch again]

Heskey should not be playing the role he did, Ireland or Bannan would be a better option and as I said Makoun has to play.

[TheSandman]

A point at Fulham is decent enough. A fairly tough opposition that people think we should beat who are in reality around the same level.

I'm only going to start shitting the bed if we don't get a win next week against Blackburn who have the stench of relegation around them.

I'd like to play a different line up next week though. Gabby and Heskey out for Albrighton and Bannan or Ireland.

[Fergal]

Decent point. Good first half, poor second half.

PLayed 4 four forwards and barely had anyone in the box. Hope it's more positive next week.

Yea but one was Heskey...

[Monty]

A good point but sadly I fear it will be the first of many drab goalless draws under McLeish.  We really have no creativity in the side.

We had a fair bit on the bench! Bannan, Ireland, even Makoun passes the ball at a good pace. I really don't understand the selections of Heskey, but I understand even less how he, and Gabby, stayed on the pitch for the full 90 - avoiding a substitution or a red card. McLeish just can't think that that was ok.

[eamonn]

Not a bad result even if we didn't show much flair.
We already have more away clean sheets than we managed last season. As you'd imagine Big 'eck will make us solid again.
I wouldn't write-off our creativity just yet. Zoggy and Albrighton are great crossers of the ball, Bananaman and Ireland have the ability to play the slide-through balls. We'll get better.

[The Situation]

Did we play well in the first half? Did we make any chances?

[Mellin]

Yeah, I'm not going to be spending the year watching whatever that was supposed to be.

At the end of my tether.

[TheSandman]

Heskey should not be playing the role he did, Ireland or Bannan would be a better option and as I said Makoun has to play.

I don't think he has proved he is some magic bullet to all our problems or even shown that he is up to playing in the premier league. I think he will come good but he gives us something similar to Delph who I felt was very good today.

[citizenDJ]

Not a bad result, and there was enough in there to think we'll get better with time.

A fairly good defensive performance, which I think is what we expected from a McLeish team, and that formation worked very well in the first half although, as I said on the match thread, I think if we play that way then Bannan or Ireland should get the starting place as the attacking midfielder.

The second half we faded, against a team who are a fair way ahead of us in terms of match fitness and sharpness, so I'm not too worried about that at the moment.

Delph had a good game, really impressed me as a defensive midfielder actually. I'm not sure he's 'the answer', but I'm marginally less panicky about that than I was earlier on!

I'm usually reasonably pleased with a point at Craven Cottage, so not a bad start in my book.

[eastie]

looking more solid at the back , given man of match for me .
worrying lack of chances being created and heskey and gabby are not the answer in that formation , get makoun and ireland in the side and lets see a few chances against blackburn.
overall not a bad point but plenty of things to improve upon.

[SteveD]

Neither side deserved to win. Positives were Dunne/Collins looking more like their old/former selves, Given looking sharp and Delph in patches. No punch up front, NZog still finding his feet rather than a decent pass and we seemed to settle for a point long before the end. We never really looked in much danger, which is more than can be said for most of last season. No doubt we will be on MoTD at about 23.55.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh yeah I forgot, Given very good.

[johncvilla88]

Back to the usual last on MOTD tongith